This Crockpot Chocolate Lava Cake is the ultimate chocolate lover’s dessert! It’s over the top indulgence that will leave you looking for a tall glass of milk and wondering when you’ll be able to sneak seconds. It all starts with an easy peasy cake batter made using a boxed mix (yay for semi-homemade treats!). Then it gets even more delicious by being topped with chocolate pudding and a whole bag of chocolate chips.

Then the crockpot does its thing and some magic happens. Once it’s done you’re left with a rich, tender cake with an ooey gooey chocolate lave center. It is absolutely phenomenal on its own but adding a scoop of ice cream makes it even better.

 

Ingredients (mix up order)

1 box chocolate cake mix
1 1/4 C milk
1/2 C vegetable or canola oil
3 eggs
1 (3.9 ounce) instant chocolate pudding
2 C milk (I used 1 %)
1 (12 ounce) bag milk chocolate chips
parchment paper

Directions

Grab a 3-4 quart crock pot and line it with parchment paper. Spray the inside of the paper with cooking spray. The parchment paper helps the cake cook without burning along the edges. You can make it without the paper, just be sure to watch it closely.

Find yourself a nice chocolate cake mix and pour it into your stand mixer or medium-sized mixing bowl.

Add 1 1/4 cup milk, 1/2 cup oil and 3 eggs. Beat on low-speed for 1 minutes. Scrape the bottom of the bowl and beat on medium speed for 2-3 minutes or until the batter in nice and glossy.

Pour the batter into the lined crock pot.

Pour one small box of chocolate pudding into your stand mixer or medium-sized mixing bowl. Add 2 cups cold milk and beat it until the pudding thickens. Should take about 3-4 minutes.

Pour the pudding over the top of the cake batter. Don’t stir it. Really, cross my heart and hope to die. It will cook up best if you leave the layers be.

Grab a bag of milk chocolate chips and pour the pretty little things all over the top of the pudding. Again, please do not stir it.

Cover the crock and cook on low for 2 1/2 hours, or until the top of the cake is set. The bottom layer of the cake will be all gooey and soft. Yum.

Place some on a plate and add a cool scoop of ice cream or whipped cream right on top.

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Quick tip: You can follow the recipe for a white chocolate lave cake as well—simply use a white cake mix, white chocolate instant pudding, and a bag of white chocolate chips.

Recipe and image courtesy of Jamie Cooks It Up.